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Adam Forsyth

World opens Solana prediction market to 1M users

World has opened its standalone Solana prediction market platform to more than 1 million waitlisted users after creating over 150,000 markets through its Phantom integration. Summary More than 1 million waitlisted users can now access World through its standalone website. Over 150,000 markets have been created across sports, crypto, politics, finance, economics, and culture. Chainlink…

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Mastercard launches Agent Connect for AI shopping

Mastercard has launched Agent Connect to give merchants one integration for product discovery, cart creation and customer-approved payments across AI shopping platforms. Summary Agent Connect links merchants, AI agents, digital platforms, and payment providers through one connection. Merchants can provide current product, price, and inventory data from their existing catalogs. Agent Pay uses tokenized permissions…

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Ripple CLO urges Senate to hear crypto holders

Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has urged undecided and opposing senators to hear from an estimated 67 million American crypto holders before the CLARITY Act faces a 60-vote procedural test on Sep. 15. Summary Alderoty has contacted Senate offices and asked lawmakers to speak directly with crypto holders. The Sep. 15 cloture vote requires…

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Jump’s Hyperliquid Footprint Explodes as Trading Volume Nears $150 Billion

Jump Trading’s Hyperliquid volume nears $150 billion, making the firm responsible for nearly 8% of perpetual futures activity overall. Jump Trading’s cumulative trading volume on Hyperliquid has nearly reached $150 billion since the firm made its first deposit on December 12, 2025, according to Hyperdash co-founder Hanson Birringer, who mapped the firm’s entire activity…

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Arbitrum watchdog seeks permanent ban for three grant abuse cases

Arbitrum’s Watchdog Committee has proposed permanently excluding three DeFi projects from future DAO programs after flagging cases involving 457,553 ARB, valued at roughly $76,000. Summary Good Entry, Limitless, and APX Finance face separate permanent-ban votes. The committee identified alleged misuse involving a combined 457,553 ARB. Projects have until Sep. 10 to respond and return any…

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